Web3
Innovation Lab
1.14.25 -- 1.16.25
Join us for an immersive day of FinTech Programming!
The Web3 Innovation Lab offers technology-focused experiences and is designed to connect key figures in the ecosystem to maximize the chance of high-impact collisions. Through the Lab, members accelerate the growth of their solutions and sharpen their competitive edge with strategies and partnerships discovered at 1871. Focus areas for the 2025 program will include: Digital Assets, Market Infrastructure, and Web3-Powered AI.
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Supported by
Web3 Innovation Summit
4.17.24 | Public | Free | Hybrid
An immersive day of Web3 programming! Get ready for a full day of Web3 programming & networking! Agenda for the day includes: keynotes, pitch showcases, networking breakfast & lunch, expert panels, startup expos, and happy hour.
Built with industry experts
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Arry Yu is a 22+ year emerging technology industry veteran, serial founder and strategic operator with expertise in scaling business from “zero to one” with a consistent track record building high-performing teams. Yu also works in venture capital as she serves as the Managing Director of Yellow Umbrella Ventures and Venture Partner with Startup Haven Fund. She also regularly serves as an educator, as Adjunct Professor and instructor for various academic institutions like the Saudi Digital Academy, Coding Dojo, Portland State University and the University of Washington Milgard School of Business.
Web3 Innovation Lab Focus Areas
Digital Assets
Focus on supporting startups that develop and innovate around digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, NFTs, tokenized real-world assets, and other unique digital ownership models.
Enables the creation, issuance, and management of tokenized assets, including securities and NFTs, allowing real-world assets to be represented on-chain. Examples include Polymath and Securitize.
Facilitates decentralized lending, borrowing, staking, and yield farming, allowing for peer-to-peer transactions without intermediaries. Notable platforms include Aave, Compound, and MakerDAO.
Facilitates the investment of traditional financial institutions, corporations, and other large organizations in Web3 technologies and assets while ensures adherence to regulatory requirements
Market Infrastructure
Focus on startups that work on underlying systems, technologies, and services that enable the efficient, secure, and scalable operation of decentralized markets and financial systems
Provides secure storage of digital assets to protect against theft, loss, and cyberattacks. Includes both custodial (institutional-grade services like Anchorage and BitGo) and non-custodial solutions (hardware and software wallets).
Manages post-trade processes to finalize and record asset transfers, ensuring counterparty obligations are met. This includes real-time or T+0 settlement models used in blockchain-based settlements, with firms like Paxos leading the space.
Provides connectivity across multiple blockchains to facilitate cross-chain transactions and interoperability between digital assets.
Web3-Powered AI
Focus on the startups building at the intersection of of decentralized web technologies and artificial intelligence to create more intelligent, efficient, and user-centric digital platforms.
A set of technologies and protocols designed to facilitate seamless interaction, integration, and collaboration among various components or agents.
Artificial intelligence systems that operate autonomously, making decisions, performing tasks, and interacting with their environment without continuous human oversight
Focuses on areas such as high energy demands, cooling and resources requirements, smart grid management and optimizations and sustainabiity.
Speaker lineup
Charles Hoskinson
Founder & CEO @ IOHK
Jeff Gaus
Founder & CEO @ The Provenance Chain Network
Arry Yu
Co-Founder & Executive Director @ US Blockchain Coalition
Katia Kobylinski
Head of Partnerships @ ETHChicago
Gabby Kusz
Senior Fellow @ AI 2030
Nelson Rosario
Founder and Partner @ Rosario Tech Law
Nathan Love
Sr. Business Development Manager – Wholesale Partnerships & Innovation @ T-Mobile
Execution partners
The Advanced Technology Cluster is funded through Washington State’s Innovation Cluster Accelerator Program, and the focus of the group is to convene stakeholders from industry, government, academia, and the investment community to work together towards ensuring the Pacific Northwest and the broader United States is a leader in emerging technologies.
FinTech4Good is a global network focused on emerging technologies. We collaborate with startups, industrial leaders, NPOs, and investors to develop solutions for a better world. Our team harnesses technologies like blockchain, AI, Metaverse, and Cloud Computing to build startups, provide consulting services, and offer professional development programs for achieving the SDGs and revolutionizing finance.
Join the lab
The experience is open to other players within the Web3 community that offer specialized value to each other, while also getting their unique interests met.
Growth stage startups
For a Web3 company with a demonstrated
product market fit & poised to grow.
Exclusive benefits
- Showcase their product to dozens of potential corporations and investors
- Level up their thought leadership
- Learn from the foremost Web3 experts in the U.S.
- Connect with peers in Web3
- Connect with advisors and mentors in Web3
Application close 1.05 for the 2024 lab
Late stage lab partner
For a Web3 company interested in becoming an industry expert and influencing major industry outcomes.
Exclusive benefits
- Connect to potential customers, partners and investors
- Be publicly showcased as thought leaders
- Network with industry leaders – employee engagement opportunity
- Access corporations who are interested in exploring Web3 Innovation
- Mentor early-stage startups
- Amplify your brand at the Web3 Innovation Summit
Book a discovery call by 1.05
Corporate
lab partners
For corporates looking to innovate and accelerate in web3 and decentralized tech.
Exclusive benefits
- Make 1:1 connections with startups
- Be publicly showcased as thought leaders through PR, co-hosted events, and more
- Participate in/co-host curated networking and exclusive events
- Network with industry leaders – employee engagement opportunity
- Connect with tech talent interested in Web3
- Sit on the 1871 Web3 Innovation Advisory Council
Book a discovery call by 1.05
Web3 Innovation Lab timeline
Programming
Week 1
1.22.24 - 1.26.24 [Virtual]
Week 2
2.12.24 - 2.16.24 [In-person]
Week 3
3.18.24 - 3.22.24 [Virtual]
Week 4
4.15.24 - 4.19.24 [In-person]
Web3 Innovation Summit
Capstone event w/ public showcase
April 17th 2024
Lab partners
Our Innovation Labs Connects
Founders
Corporates
Investors
Innovation Ecosystem
Benefit From Year Round High Impact Experiences
How Members Get Involved
There are two steps for you to start engaging in the Innovation Lab Communities and Events:
Step 1: Self-Select & Join Innovation Lab Communities
On the member portal, you have the power to self-select exactly which industry communities you want to be a part of. Joining tech specific Lab Industry Groups you are interested in gets you access to those member-only events and indicates to our team that you are interested in other events and opportunities in that specific industry.
Step 2: Start Signing Up for Innovation Lab Events!
Take a look at all upcoming labs programming and start signing up to get engaged in the range of programing for each Industry.
Lab Portfolio for Growth Stage Members
The Innovation Lab Portfolio is an exclusive opportunity for growth-stage startups in our Innovation Lab communities. As a part of the portfolio, your company will be highlighted in various ways throughout the year and prioritized for corporate and investor connection opportunities.
Eligibility:
- You must be in the startup stage as defined by 1871.
- Your solution must align with the industry or technology focus of the lab.
- Submit the growth stage information form.
How 1871 Defines a Growth-Stage Startup:
If a startup meets 3 out of 6 of the following criteria they are considered a Growth Stage Company and eligible for a Lab Portfolio:
- 2-5 strong leaders
- 10-50 person team and growing
- Strong marketing definition
- Product Market fit
- Compelling Traction
- $10-$100M Valuation
Portfolio Member Benefits:
Being in the portfolio provides opportunities to be showcased throughout the year to investors, corporates, and the larger industry-specific innovation ecosystem. Being in the portfolio makes you eligible for these benefits, but does not guarantee that you get to participate in all of them. Here is a look at the showcase opportunities available to our Lab Portfolio Startups:
- Inclusion of your profile in the industry portfolio, where your tear sheet is shared with corporates and investors interested in 1871 startups
- Guaranteed demo table at the startup expo during that specific industry summit
- Exclusive access to industry-dedicated mentors and experts in residents
- Showcase Opportunities Include:
- Featured in Investor showcases
- Featured in Lightning Talks (these are events where our startups pitch to a curated audience of corporate partners)
- Selected for Deal Flows for corporate partners
- Curated introductions to corporate members (based on mutual interest)
- Pitch in Summit Showcase
Emerging Tech Innovation Summit
AI, Web 3, and Quantum
“Web3 is kind of looking at the history of where we’ve come along the digital evolution”
EIR Arry Yu, Co-founder & Executive Director of US Blockchain Coalition, discusses the Web3 Innovation Lab.
Web3 ecosystem
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